The Hong Kong government allocated an extra HK$5 billion to its national security “special fund” in the last financial year, an official document published on Friday has revealed. Citing the national ...
Hong Kong court dismisses pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai’s legal bid to fight for UK lawyer
A Hong Kong court has dismissed a jailed pro-democracy publisher’s legal bid in his fight to use a British lawyer in his landmark national security trial ...
Hong Kong court rejects challenge by jailed media tycoon Lai over British lawyer
A Hong Kong court on Friday dismissed an attempt by jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai to challenge a decision by security officials to effectively bar his British lawyer from representing him in a ...
Cathay Pacific’s free tickets to Hong Kong all claimed in 2.5 hours
At a splashy event in February 2023, city officials announced that some 500,000 free airline tickets would be distributed both to local residents eager for a vacation and international travelers keen ...
Should pay rise for Hong Kong civil servants be lower? Business leaders call for less pressure on private sector amid post-Covid recovery
Business leaders have urged the Hong Kong government to lower the proposed salary increases for civil servants to below 4 per cent to ease pressure on the private sector amid the early stages of ...
Hong Kong leader defends removing politically sensitive books from public libraries
Hong Kong's leader said Thursday the city's public libraries would not recommend books featuring “bad ideologies" to residents after they pulled titles related to the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown ...
Hong Kong Court Blocks Jimmy Lai’s UK Lawyer in Security Case
Bloomberg subscribers can gift up to 5 articles a month for anyone to read, even non-subscribers! Learn more Hong Kong’s High Court barred media mogul Jimmy Lai from using a UK-based lawyer to ...
Business leaders call for lower pay rises for Hong Kong civil servants to ease pressure on private sector amid post-Covid recovery
Business leaders have urged the Hong Kong government to lower the proposed salary increases for civil servants to below 4 per cent to ease pressure on the private sector amid the early stages of ...
Hong Kong proposes speeding up land lease renewal process, with 300,000 set to expire by 2047
Hong Kong authorities have proposed speeding up the land lease renewal process through a new law as more than 300,000 are set to expire by 2047, 50 years after the city’s return to Chinese sovereignty ...
HK moves step closer towards digital currency
The SAR is one step closer to a central bank digital currency as the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) launched a pilot program for e-HKD on ...
Hong Kong accountant loses HK$700,000 in phishing scam, joining 1,408 others who collectively lost HK$26.1 million this year
We have difficulties identifying suspects as they are not in Hong Kong." Chan added that most of the time ... said it was negotiating with police, the banking sector and mobile network operators about ...
Hong Kong’s Evolution as a Fashion Sourcing and Innovation Hot Spot
Execs from the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel (HKRITA), Puma and amfori share success stories out of the market.
HK moves step towards digital currency
The SAR is one step closer to a central bank digital currency as the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) launched a pilot program for e-HKD on ...
Hong Kong authorities float legislation to penalise anyone caught operating boats while under influence of alcohol or drugs
Change would close gap in current legislation, as city has no dedicated law to regulate operation of vessels while under influence.